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CPF Contribution Rates, Allocation Rates and Applicable Wage Ceiling

CPF contribution rates

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CPF contribution rates

Data from Jul 1955 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 21 Apr 2025, 15:58 SGT

CPF (Central Provident Fund Board)

As a proportion of wage, for private sector employees and public sector non-pensionable employees. Percentages are expressed as a number out of 1. The CPF contribution rates are applicable for the highest wage band. For example, the rates for January 2014 are applicable for wages of $750 or more per month.

Data explorer

CPFcontributionrates.csv (666 rows, 26.2 KB)

Effective From Text	Age Grp Text	Contributing Party Text	Contribution Rate Text
(Null)0.0% 2022-012.4% 2023-012.4% 2024-012.4% 2025-012.4%	(Null)0.0% 35 years & below14.1% Above 35 - 45 years14.1% Above 45 - 50 years14.1% Above 50 - 55 years14.1%	(Null)0.0% Employee50.0% Employer50.0%	(Null)0.0% 56.9% 156.6% 2012.0% 238.6%
1955-07	35 years & below	Employer	5
1955-07	35 years & below	Employee	5
1955-07	Above 35 - 45 years	Employer	5
1955-07	Above 35 - 45 years	Employee	5
1955-07	Above 45 - 50 years	Employer	5
1955-07	Above 45 - 50 years	Employee	5
1955-07	Above 50 - 55 years	Employer	5
1955-07	Above 50 - 55 years	Employee	5
1955-07	Above 55 - 60 years	Employer	5
1955-07	Above 55 - 60 years	Employee	5

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Effective From	effective_from	Text	-	-
Age Grp	age_grp	Text	-	-
Contributing Party	contributing_party	Text	-	-
Contribution Rate	contribution_rate	Text	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_98ffa142ae0dec40391f78f81d26aca9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Central Provident Fund Board. (2016). CPF contribution rates (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_98ffa142ae0dec40391f78f81d26aca9/view

About this dataset

Contact

CHONG_Wei_Bin@cpf.gov.sg Lilian_YONG@cpf.gov.sg

Created on

30 May 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

CPF (Central Provident Fund Board)